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There is only one request these young mothers make as they step off a charter bus with no air conditioning on a day when the temperatures hit 100 in Los Angeles.
Please, don't use their last name.
You don't ask why because you already know the answer. For some, it's to avoid the stigma that comes with homelessness — as if it were in their power to simply wave a wand an end it by taking a decent paying job that isn't there for them.
Others have dropped off the radar in this city for their own safety. They've been physically or emotionally abused by men who promised to love and protect them. Maybe they meant it at the time, but then it all changed.
And when it did these women took their kids and went into hiding with only the clothes they could stuff in a suitcase and enough cash for a few nights in a cheap motel.
Whatever the reason, you respect it.
"Where did you live before you came to the rescue mission?" I ask an 11-year-old boy named William as he arrives at Dodger Stadium late Wednesday afternoon for the night of his life.
He looks down at the ground wondering if it's OK to answer this man he does not know. His mother nods. It's OK.
"Motels and a shelter," he whispers. "I liked this place the best because the people are nice."
This place — the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission in North Hollywood that burned to the ground shortly after midnight on May 3, forcing these moms and their kids reluctantly from the shadows into the spotlight.
The fire started next door in a pallet yard and quickly spread to the rescue mission. The day before there had been an earthquake drill, and some of the moms thought this was another drill when their doors were flung open by a rescue staff worker yelling "Fire!"
They could smell the smoke, though. This was real. The eight moms picked up their sleeping kids, one in each arm, and rushed outside only seconds before the dense smoke pouring into the rooms would have overwhelmed them in their beds.
In the days that followed, some of these moms went before the TV cameras and talked to reporters about that night. A few last names were used, but it was overlooked because it was more important to these women to help the rescue mission that had helped them.
Now, they both had to get back on their feet.
Donations began to come in — and still are — to replenish a food pantry that feeds 30,000 people a year, replace all the equipment, furniture and appliances lost in the fire, and to start a rebuilding fund so more homeless moms and kids living in the shadows are given at least a modicum of normal life.
The Dodgers, who have always had a strong community outreach program thanks to former owner Peter O'Malley, invited the kids and their moms to the game Wednesday night.
What the children didn't know is that they would be taken down on the field before the game and introduced to an applauding crowd. The kids looked around, a little surprised. They weren't used to people clapping for them.
William looked up into the stands and waved. He never saw Dodger pitching star Clayton Kershaw walking out of the dugout toward him.
When you live in the shadows, and every night may be the last night in the bed you're sleeping in, you hold close the little things the rest of us take for granted — like a blanket.
The night his panicked mom woke William up and yanked him out of bed to safety, he was sleeping under a Dodger blanket given to him as a present at the first shelter he and his mom stayed in.
"I loved that blanket," he said. "But my mom said we couldn't go back in and get it because it was too dangerous."
So, it burned, along with the rest of their meager possessions.
And now he was standing on the first base foul line at Dodger Stadium, finally noticing the best pitcher in baseball walking toward him carrying a new Dodger blanket.
Kershaw high-fived William before moving down the line to give a blanket to every child.
The first thing William did when he got back to his new temporary home — a four-room duplex owned by the Rescue Mission in Northridge — was to spread that blanket out on his bed.
"I wanted to cry," William's mom said. "He fell asleep with this big, beautiful smile on his face."
Dreaming dreams you want every kid to have. Happy ones. These children living in motels, shelters, and rescue missions have already had enough sad ones.
An online donation effort for the San Fernando Rescue Mission is being held by the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation through Monday, May 19. To donate, go online to dodgers.com/ladf.
To donate directly to the mission call (818) 304-7593 or go online to sfvrescuemission.org.
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text: Transformations Underway at Farrell's North Loop in Downtown Minneapolis 05/09/2018 Blog category: News This past Saturday, May 5, Farrell's North Loop owners Casey Bloemke and Ed McNamara welcomed their first 10-week members to orientation at their new Farrell's North Loop location! Casey has been a student and instructor of the Farrell's program since 2015 and is excited to finally own his own location. "I love being a facilitator of the physical, mental and emotional transformations of our members! I'm passionate about building a healthy community, both physically and mentally, and plan to spread this drive and enthusiasm through the Farrell's program to the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis," Casey said. In attendance to help with orientation were members from other Farrell's locations in the Twin Cities. Tim, from Farrell's Shoreview, shared his Farrell's Story with us that day. Tim's Farrell's Story: "I joined four and a half years ago at the Farrell's Shoreview location and started my 10-Week Challenge. I was amazed after four weeks - I knew it was for me! I knew I couldn't work out as hard at a gym alone as I could with a group of supportive people. It's a great program complete with kickboxing and strength training and it has really changed my life. It's given me better confidence, helped improve my self-esteem and made me a fit person. It's been truly wonderful."I work out and eat different. It's not a diet, I just eat better. And I've met some amazing and great people along the way. This program really changes your attitude and it can even change who you hang out with because it can be fun to not only work out with them, but to spend time with them off the mats as well. It's been wonderful and now I'm here to help others have the same experience I did at the new North Loop location." Congratulations Casey and Ed! We know you will continue to succeed and change the lives of many members to come. Know someone in Minneapolis' North Loop area looking to transform? Farrell's North Loop 10-week session enrollment is open until Saturday, May 26th! Visit their website or call (612) 584-1599 to enroll today! Back to Blog

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Supersweet Corn and Pork Skewers
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Supersweet corn is crisp and sugarcane-sweet at harvest, and this sweetness is retained much longer than with sweet corn. Skewers of pork tenderloin, supersweet corn, summer squash and red bell pepper make a perfect summer entree.
3 ears supersweet corn, husked
12 oz. pork tenderloin
2 yellow squash or zucchini
2 red bell peppers
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. salt
1⁄4 tsp. ground black pepper
1. Preheat broiler or grill. Cut corn in 2-in. pieces and the pork, squash, and bell peppers into 1-in. pieces.
2. In large bowl, combine olive oil, cumin, salt, and pepper. Add pork and vegetables; toss to coat. Let stand for 10 min. at room temperature.
3. On eight metal skewers, loosely thread pork and vegetables. Grill or broil 8-10 min., turning occasionally, until meat is cooked through. If desired, serve with salad greens.
Note: Pork and vegetables can also be cooked unskewered on a grill rack or broiler pan, for 8-10 min., turning often.


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Mac OS X 10.6.3 has just been released. It is downloadable via MacOS Software Update or from Apple's Support page in combo format. It weighs in at a rather heavy 438,7 MB for my MacBook Pro via Software update, but takes a whopping 719.23 MB of space as the combo update. It IS recommended for all Snow Leopard users, but as always, comes with the proviso: early adopters are often bug-rooters as is found in this 10.6.3 Apple Discussion thread. Remember to backup your Mac before installing any system-dependent files or updates; you don't want this to happen (From Apple Discussion thread):
I just updated to 10.6.3 using the System Update on my first-generation MacBook Pro. I'm now getting a kernel panic at startup, and cannot boot the system.
Specifically, I'm seeing:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2a96f6): "Version mis-match between Kernel and CPU PM"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.3.12/osfmk/i386/pmCPU.c:720
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Remotesoft protector is one of the best code protection tools out there. In fact, its pretty much the only one that really works. Since I moved to .NET 4.0 I've been getting an annoying error when attempting to protect my binaries using the 4.0 suite of tools (with the updated protector runtime). Everything still runs – it just pops up nasty alert boxes on load which is no good
Remotesoft Protector Runtime Error – yet to handle multiple .NET framework runtime
One other symptom of this was that .exe files would just blow chunks. I've finally figured out what was causing this! Most of our products are protected during the nightly builds. This error however is specific to assemblies protected using the the Remotesoft .NET Explorer UI. When using this application for the protect or obfuscate functionality it is really just a front end around the protector.exe/obfuscator.exe. The UI is building the following command line string and tonight it finally dawned on me:
Command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Remotesoft\Protector\bin\protector.exe -neutral -resource -string -cctor -clrversion v2.0.50727 "C:\temp\SmartInk for Kahua\SmartInk.UI.exe"
The UI was forcing the clr version to .NET 2.0 – when my assemblies are all built against .NET 4.0. Oops…
After a bit of digging I found that you can set the CLR version in .NET Explorer from the Action / CLR Version menu item. Unfortunately it has not been updated to support .NET 4.0 – and so has been rendered pretty much useless as a front end for protector.
The Fix
The only solution is to use the command line to execute your protection. The updated command line ended up looking pretty similar:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Remotesoft\Protector\bin\protector.exe" -neutral -resource -string -clrversion v4.0.30319 "C:\temp\SmartInk for Kahua\SmartInk.UI.exe"
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All right. The Reds are undefeated in at least 3 tries when I have started a game thread. I figure with Roy Harvey Oswalt going tonight, the Reds need all the mojo they can get.
It's honorable Chip. I'm banking on Houston double-digits and a Reds goose-egg myself. This team's going got going.
Appearently Kearns is batting 2nd:
Gallows humor
HOUSTON -- Give the Reds credit for at least having a sense of humor about their impending matchup with Roy Oswalt, who has won more games against them without a loss (14) than any other big-league pitcher ever against one opponent.
When the beat writers walked into Jerry Narron's office this afternoon, he feigned surprise that we bothered to show up, having written the story so many times already.
"I figured you were going to Atlanta tonight, knowing who was pitching," said Narron. "I appreciate yall coming."
Hey, might as well.
The one new wrinkle in the lineup is Austin Kearns batting second for the first time in his big-league career.
"Oswalts pitching, so I dont think its a matchup thing," said Kearns.
In fact, his .222 average (6-for-27) against the right-hander is one of the better numbers among Reds regulars.
Felipe Lopez SS Season .282 19 66
vs. Astros .200 0 0
Austin Kearns RF Season .248 12 49
vs. Astros .167 0 0
Ken Griffey Jr. CF Season .300 33 90
vs. Astros .200 0 1
Adam Dunn LF Season .248 35 87
vs. Astros .250 0 1
Sean Casey 1B Season .319 9 52
vs. Astros .111 0 1
Javier Valentin C Season .291 11 38
vs. Astros .000 0 0
Edwin Encarnacion 3B Season .233 5 16
vs. Astros --- 0 0
Ray Olmedo 2B Season .234 0 2
vs. Astros --- 0 0
Aaron Harang P
Houston Astros
Willy Taveras CF Season .298 3 26
vs. Reds .429 0 0
Craig Biggio 2B Season .270 18 52
vs. Reds .167 0 0
Morgan Ensberg 3B Season .282 34 94
vs. Reds .286 0 0
Lance Berkman 1B Season .291 13 55
vs. Reds .000 0 0
Jason Lane RF Season .261 20 63
vs. Reds .400 1 2
Luke Scott LF Season .186 0 1
vs. Reds .000 0 0
Adam Everett SS Season .252 10 46
vs. Reds .500 1 1
Brad Ausmus C Season .257 1 37
vs. Reds .333 0 0
Roy Oswalt P
Go Gators!
Tonights lineups:
Code:1. F. Lopez, SS W. Taveras, CF 2. A. Kearns, RF C. Biggio, 2B 3. K. Griffey Jr., CF M. Ensberg, 3B 4. A. Dunn, LF L. Berkman, 1B 5. S. Casey, 1B J. Lane, RF 6. J. Valentin, C L. Scott, LF 7. E. Encarnacion, 3B A. Everett, SS 8. R. Olmedo, 2B B. Ausmus, C 9. A. Harang, P R. Oswalt, P
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
Wasn't there a brief period where Narron consistently had only two basic lineups, one to oppose righthanded starters and one to oppose lefthanded starters, and he just made minor tweaks game to game depending on injuries, scheduled days off, etc? Booneism must set in after two months on the job.
You beat me to it Krono. Nice job with the stats.
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
keep the play by play coming, I'm stuck at work for a long time tonight
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
I like this lineup.
Tonight's game will be just one more example of why George Kenneth Griffey, Jr. should wear a REDS hat for the rest of his career and a REDS hat into the Hall of Fame.
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
Same here, good lineup..playing Ray and getting Kearns in a nice spot.
Go Gators!
I am glad to see Olmedo and Encarnacion in the lineup.
Finally, Pete Rose reveals himself.Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
I heard it was tomorrow night.Originally Posted by Eric_Davis
Kearns, since Aug 15 (13 games):
I like him better batting 4th or 5th, but whatever, as long as he's getting plenty of PT.
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RICHMOND, Va. — On a rainy Saturday in January 2006, Mark Warner walked quietly from the podium where his successor had just been sworn in as Virginia's governor.
But the hyper-caffeinated, get-it-done-today Warner wouldn't stay away from politics for long.
On Tuesday, he beat another former governor, Republican Jim Gilmore, to claim a seat in the U.S. Senate.
At the end of his term, three-fourths of Virginians approved of Warner's performance, the highest mark for any governor in 20 years. Were Virginia not the only state to forbid consecutive terms for its governors, he easily would have won re-election.
Instead, he explored a run for president before abruptly dropping out "to have a life for a little while."
Warner has a personal fortune of about $200 million thanks to shrewd early investments in cellular licenses. But wealth and success did not come easy.
He grew up in Indiana, Illinois and Connecticut as the son of a Nixon Republican who worked in risk management for an insurance company.
After getting a law degree from Harvard, Warner moved to Washington, where he earned as little as $350 a week as a Democratic fundraiser but developed a skill for networking.
In the early 1980s, Warner learned that the government would give away licenses to radio frequencies that could one day link millions of wireless telephones. He assembled investor groups to apply for licenses in return for his 5 percent share.
In the 1990s, Warner launched a bid to unseat Virginia's courtly Republican senior senator, John Warner. He spent $10 million of his own money in a campaign that featured "Mark Not John" bumper stickers, and lost by 6 points.
It was the closest challenge of John Warner's career, and a friendship ensued between the two men, who are not related.
When John Warner decided not to seek a sixth term in 2007, Mark Warner, 53, immediately became a heavy favorite over Gilmore, his predecessor as governor.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Lindsey Vonn is in a class by herself in women's World Cup skiing at Lake Louise.
After winning both downhills, Vonn capped a sweep with a victory in Sunday's super-G
The American ski star scored a hat trick at the Alberta resort for the second straight year after winning all three races in 2011.
Vonn brought her career wins at Lake Louise to 14.
Is that enough to prompt the world governing body of skiing to re-consider Vonn's request to race the men's World Cup there? Vonn would like to think so.
"It's not like I'm getting 20th every day and saying I want to race the men," Vonn said. "I try to let my skiing speak for itself.
"I think this weekend was the next step for me and a testament to why I want to race with the men."
The U.S. women's team had a banner weekend in the season-opening speed events. Julia Mancuso was second in Sunday's super-G after Stacey Cook was runner-up to Vonn in both downhills.
Anna Fenninger of Austria was third Sunday. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., was the top Canadian in 25th.
Vonn felt pressure to win at Lake Louise this year. In October, the defending overall World Cup champion asked FIS to allow her to compete the men's World Cup on the same mountain. FIS denied her request.
Vonn arrived in Alberta not feeling her best. The lingering affects from a stomach ailment that hospitalized her for two nights in November drained her energy.
She finished 21st in a giant slalom in Aspen, Colo., prior to her arrival in Lake Louise. Tina Maze of Slovenia jumped into the lead in the overall standings with a pair of giant slalom victories to start the season.
Vonn felt uncertain about how she would perform, but Lake Louise was once again "Lake Lindsey."
"I was in a pretty rough place sitting in a hospital bed and everyone is training and skiing fast and Tina is winning everything and, 'Great. How am I supposed to get up and keep going? I have no training, I have no energy,'" she recalled. "I've never quite dealt with something like that before. I didn't know what was going to happen.
"I came up here trying to have a clean slate, giving myself every chance to do well and it turned around. This really sets me up well for the rest of the season. This is exactly the weekend I needed."
Vonn rolled her eyes at Internet rumours that her hospitalization and stomach pains were due to pregnancy.
"Oh yeah. It's awesome," she said sarcastically. "Do I look pregnant? Maybe I had too much breakfast. People write crap all the time and I have to take it in stride."
It's not just her wins, but her margin of victory at Lake Louise that sets her apart.
Vonn beat the field in Friday's season-opening downhill by 1.73 seconds. The difference between second and third that day was one hundredth of a second.
Despite a major slip halfway down the course, the 28-year-old from Burnsville, Minn., won again Saturday by .52 seconds. Vonn completed her sweep Sunday skiing .42 seconds clear of the field.
"Honestly, it doesn't matter if I won by one tenth or one second," she said. "I think it definitely validates my cause a little bit more by winning by a larger margin, but it's just a win and that's all that matters to me."
With her super-G win back in 2010, Vonn is the first woman to string together seven straight wins at one venue. The previous record was six by Sweden's Anja Paerson in Maribor, Germany.
Alpine Canada president Max Gartner has been supportive of Vonn's bid to race the men at Lake Louise.
"She definitely made a statement this weekend by dominating the women's circuit again and saying she's ready to take that next challenge," Gartner said. "We are certainly there to support it if it goes that way.
"I think at the moment on this course when she has a normal run without any major, major mistakes, I don't think anybody can beat her."
Extrapolating how Vonn would fare against the men at Lake Louise based on her times and speed in the women's races is problematic.
The courses for the men and women at Lake Louise were virtually identical this year. There are years, depending on conditions, when the women's start hut is lower.
Vonn's top speed in the downhill of 135.67 kilometres per hour matched the fastest posted by Canada's Jan Hudec in the men's downhill. Hudec finished 17th in that race.
Vonn says that's an apples-and-oranges comparison. A large dump of snow prior to the men's races made for a slower course for them. The track hardened and was faster for the women.
"I would really love to say you can directly compare it, but you can't," Vonn said. "The course this year is more similar than I think it has been in the past years, but at the same time, they totally re-groom the hill, the snow conditions were different. You just can't compare it.
"I don't know exactly where I'd stack up, but that's kind of the whole point, to see where I stand and see how much farther I can push my skiing because the men, they're skiing is the best in the world hands down. That's where I want to get my skiing to be."
With her 56th career World Cup victory, Vonn moved past Switzerland's Vreni Schneider into second all-time. Vonn needs six more to match the 62 of Annamarie Moser-Proell of Austria as the winningest skier in women's World Cup history.
The next women's World Cup is in St. Mortiz, Switzerland, starting next Friday.
"Those kinds of records are really hard for me to think about because they mean so much to me," Vonn said. "Annamarie is a legend. She's held that record for so many years and it's been thought to be untouchable.
"I don't picture myself in the same league as her so to be this close and still feel like I have a few more years of racing left in me is much more than I ever anticipated."
Yurkiw was the lone Canadian in the downhills at Lake Louise and she finished outside the top 30 in both.
She was joined in the super-G by Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., who was 28th. Marie-Pier Prefontaine of Saint-Saveur, Que., did not finish.
Yurkiw, 24, had her first top-10 result before a catastrophic knee injury in 2009 sidelined her for two years. She is trying to work her way back into the world's elite.
"We have a very strong slalom team now but we are thin on the speed side," Gartner said. "Larisa is coming back and I think she has a chance to be coming into the top 15 soon.
"Behind that, we're trying to build a new program, but we're trying to be a little bit patient. The young athletes, we don't want to throw to the wolves and throw them into the downhill when they're not ready for it."


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How do I clear all the text off the screen in DOS-mode?
How do I clear all the text off the screen in DOS-mode?
Turn off the monitor.
Seriously, read the FAQ.
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imov, dont post unless you're going to help. i clear the screen with the system command:
1-IMOV's post wasn't useless. He told him to read the FAQOriginally posted by Leeman_s
imov, dont post unless you're going to help. i clear the screen with the system command:
2-If you would have read the FAQ you'd know that depending on your compiler/OS you can't just use system("CLS").
Heh, I guess so Imov....
Thanks alot Leeman, it seems you're the one who always answeres my questions
Do you need any header files for that?
I read the FAQ, it extremely unhelpful and it tells me to read the FAQ...
FAQ on clearing screen
All I learned was the pros and cons of tossing my monitor out the window...
That's because you didn't read the FAQ. You read a thread on the FAQ board.
Here's a link to the FAQ.
No one is trying to not help you. But TOO many times it has been explained here that depending on the OS/Compiler/app type (console/true Dos) there isn't a standard way to clear the screen. Leeman obviously doesn't know this (probably hasn't read the FAQ), so he told you what works for him. Which may or may not work for you.
The FAQ clearly explains all this. That's why it's there.
Wow! Thats a lot of good stuff. Thanks to Lightatdawn!
notice i said the words "i use...". that means that I USE that way. if i didnt know it was compiler specific, i would have said "YOU CAN USE". and jdinger, *I THINK* your first reply was pretty pointless, but lets not continue to argue. NOTE: *I THINK*
Leeman, I'm not arguing here. I was simply trying to make sure Napkin ( as well as you ) knew that the FAQ explained the possible ways to clear the screen, etc. My first reply was not pointless because I was trying to point him to the FAQ.
True you said "I use" but to someone who's new to the board and programming that's as good as saying "do this". We have to be careful what we post to help (even if it's in good intentions) just because we could lead someone to bad coding practices/ more problems than what they started with. Trust me on this ( Prelude set me straight a few times ).
I was never intending to argue with you ( notice I never once used an exclamation point are all CAPS or anything ). The only reason I bolded certain words was to make sure Napkin understood the situation entirely. I never meant to upset you.


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There are two issues with Win7:
1. You need to split off a new partition for Puppy. When Win7 first came out, there were reports that Gparted could corrupt Windows, and it was safer to do the partitioning with Windows' own Admin tools.
Recently, I finally got to try this and discovered that Windows would not let me resize a "live" Windows partition (which makes sense). So I took a chance and did it with Gparted. It worked fine. But this was a vanilla Windows install.
2. Your new Puppy GRUB menu.lst file assumes that Windows is in the first partition - sda1 or (hd0,0) in Grub-speak. If you have a recovery partition, Windows will probably be in (hd0,1). So you will need to modify your menu.lst. Look for it in the folder /boot/grub.
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Posted: Sat 11 Jan 2014, 01:17
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I have researched the other ways of dual booting.
Using the EasyBCD for Windows 7 as outlined by rcrsn51 after installing a puppy partition with GRUB bootloader seems to me as extra effort.
This 'XP' method appears to be very straightforward and in case of changing one's mind is easy to remove.
Thus my question is what am I missing? I don't think I am seeing the whole picture yet
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Posted: Sat 11 Jan 2014, 09:53
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tpadesihelp wrote:
Thus my question is what am I missing? I don't think I am seeing the whole picture yet
In the post above yours, I have described the issues with Win7. If you have already created a Puppy partition and Win7 still works, there shouldn't be a problem with this method.
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Posted: Wed 12 Feb 2014, 11:37
Post subject: older system
It was mentioned in the beginning that this would not work on some older machines in which bios cannot boot from the far end of a hard drive.
Is there any way to check if my laptop can handle this method?
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Posted: Thu 13 Feb 2014, 05:40
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rcrsn51 wrote:
There are two issues with Win7:
1. You need to split off a new partition for Puppy. When Win7 first came out, there were reports that Gparted could corrupt Windows, and it was safer to do the partitioning with Windows' own Admin tools.
Recently, I finally got to try this and discovered that Windows would not let me resize a "live" Windows partition (which makes sense). So I took a chance and did it with Gparted. It worked fine. But this was a vanilla Windows install.
Well, I just resized my Windows 7 ntfs partition using Win7 resize partition tool whilst it was running, and it worked fine at least on this netbook running Win7 starter. The main windows partition on this Acer netbook machine is actually /dev/sda3, which is what I shrunk prior to creating an ext4 partition on new partition /dev/sda4. Prior to that I was installing Puppy frugals directly onto the /dev/sda3 ntfs partition and booting with grub4dos per the method described in ICPUG's Lin'N'Win website pages for Win7. I'm still using that grub4dos arrangement to boot the new Linux installs I have made to /dev/sda4.
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2014, 06:30
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No reading of instructions required using these:
In Windows: select the right Puppy - download - doubleclick. That's it.
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2014, 09:18
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yes the win32 installer is a good one.
Another way recently retested with a windows 7 laptop is to rename bootmgr to bootwin, name grldr to bootmgr and replace... make a menu.lst with yer pup and have chainloader /bootwin ...thats the basic gist...no touching mbr, simple and works.
Could add a frugal pup to avoid repartitioning...
Just rename the original bootmgr to restore the original windows boot.
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted: Sat 10 May 2014, 05:00
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A vote in favour of using windows to shrink it's ntfs C: partition to provide a Linux partition for puppies.
Twice, using Windows 8, I've shrunk the active C: partition, without any problem.
Once I shrunk a different ntfs partition, and the only problem I had is that it complained that it didn't have enough space. But I simply reduced the amount of shrinkage I was requesting until it worked.
So using windows to shrink an ntfs partition is for the faint harted.
Once I used gparted to shrink the C: partition of a Windows XP machine. Next boot of XP required a chkdsk. I would never do this again.
The other thing I would never do again, is run puppy off an ntfs partition, with save files on the ntfs partition.
For many years I did this on my XP machine. It got to the point where every time I booted back to XP, I wondered if I would need to do a chkdsk this time.
Now I have a Windows 8 laptop, with an ext4 partition on the end that contains all my puppies. I boot using grub4dos on an sdcard, (the laptop sees this as a usb device). I boot windows by getting grub4dos to reboot using the MBR of the hard drive, (or remove the sdcard, and reboot).
The Windows install remains pristine, and puppy runs off a Linux partition.
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Posted: Sat 10 May 2014, 07:54
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It got to the point where every time I booted back to XP, I wondered if I would need to do a chkdsk this time
welll puppy does not cleanly unmount the partition its uses so that could end up setting the dirty flag on NTFS...perhaps why there are those cautionary notes relating to that file system...this happens if I use puppy on ext3 and I access from windows too...same effectm same cause. The solution for me is the sfs save so puppy is totally in ram so any partitions are free to cleanly unmount when shutting down....problem solved in that case.
You could rewrite the initrd but then you would have to call it Slax
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Getting a Job -Hagwons, Unis, EPIK & Public Schools Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Getting a Job -Hagwons, Unis, EPIK & Public Schools Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message waterbabyJoined: 01 Feb 2003Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 7:35 am Post subject: Getting a Job -Hagwons, Unis, EPIK & Public Schools Do You Have Any Information About *this* school? Lots of people ask for reports about different schools on this site and so there are too many to list here. Try doing a Search of your school. Put the school name in the search field and select the button to Search for all terms. Alternatively, you can check out The Hagwon Report which is an independent website with a lot of information gathered on numerous schools. Should I go for a Job at a Hagwon or a University? 1. Public Schools vs. Hogwan vs. University 2. A Couple of Questions About University Hagwons 3. Advice on University Contracts and Conditions 5. University Working Hours 6. Korean University Freshman: A Teacher's Nightmare! 7. Questions About University Jobs 8. University Instructors: How Many Students? 9. How easy are uni jobs to come by, are they really that good? 10. Why teach at a university? 11. College vs Hagwon 12. Freshman English classes: what purpose? What about Public Schools? 1. Teaching in Public Schools 2. Offered a Job at a Public School... Should I be Wary? What about the EPIK program? There are very vocal postings here both for and against EPIK. 1. What do You Think About EPIK? 2. EPIK Cleaning Up Its Act? 3. Ohhhh Epik! 4. Screwball EPIK 5. Is EPIK a Better Envrionment? 6. How Difficult is EPIK? 7. EPIK Deadline (2004) What About Teaching Kindergarten? Love 'em or hate 'em? Kindy can be wonderful or a nightmare... 1. What's so Bad About kindergarten? 2. What's the Best Age to Teach? 3. Kindergarten Kids 4. Advice Before I Commit... 5. Duped About Kindergarten What about teaching Adults? 1. Are There Many Jobs Around That Teach Older Kids and Adults 2. Which Schools Specialize in Teaching Executives? 3. Teaching Adults 4. Overwhelmed By Information 5. If You Think Kids are Hard! 6. What's the Deal With Teaching Adults? 7. Adult textbook suggestions for discussion class? 8. Adults vs Kids 9. Teaching Adults New School or Established School? 1. Which is better; New School or Established School? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Pology is a Python framework for custom processing of PO files. It aims to facilitate easy, fast and robust creation of scripts for tackling problems encountered in the "field", everyday translation work, and to collect all sorts of specific, narrow purpose tools written in this direction. It does not aim to be a collection of several feature-rounded, monolithic, and general purpose tools (though it may contain some which could qualify). In particular, it does not attempt to handle any other translation formats but PO. All of Pology's end-user tools and programming interfaces are geared towards the PO format and conventions. The name itself should be parsed as PO-logy, "the study of POs".
At the moment, Pology still has not reached release state. But it can already be used effectively for day-to-day work, especially through end-user scripts. Obtaining and preparing Pology for use is simple: fetch its code repository, set PATH to use the scripts that come with it, and possibly set PYTHONPATH to be able to write own code based on Pology. The following commands should suffice:
$ svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-support/pology
$ export PATH=$PWD/pology/bin:$PATH
$ export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/pology:$PYTHONPATH
$ . $PWD/pology/completion/bash/pology
Of course, for continuous use, environment variables should rather be set in ~/.bashrc (or another shell configuration file). The last line sources programmable shell completion for some of Pology's commands. After these steps are successfully performed, Pology is fully prepared for use and scripting.
Ready-Made Tools
Pology provides a number of tools for end use, with varying degrees of specificity, embodied as several scripts within scripts/ subfolder of Pology's source. Details of operation of each script are provided within Pology documentation (doc/html/index.html, node pology.scripts), and the following sections give overview and some examples of their functionality.
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Diffing and Patching
Line-oriented diffing and patching, as conducted by diff(1) and patch(1) commands, is not quite appropriate for PO files. Due to PO content being composed of variably-formatted multiline entries, which combine translator, programmer, and automatically controlled elements, line-oriented diff may indicate difference where semantically there is none, or not show real difference in a useful form. One could even claim line diffing of PO files to be almost useless, especially for the purpose of sending patches for translation.
For this reason, Pology contains two scripts, poediff and poepatch, which create message-oriented, embedded diffs of PO files. These diffs can be used both for reviewing changes and applying patches to PO files. Concept of embedded diffing and details on operation of the mentioned scripts are described in a separate article.
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Heavy Artillery
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Writing Own Tools
Pology comes with detailed API documentation, but for a quick start into writing custom tools based on Pology, the following sections will describe and illustrate some of its more salient elements.
Catalogs and Messages
For an obligatory hello-world demonstration, let us create a PO template named hello.pot with a single message of this greet:
<syntaxhighlight lang="python"> from pology.catalog import Catalog from pology.message import Message
cat = Catalog("hello.pot", create=True, truncate=True) msg = Message() msg.msgid = u"Hello, world!" cat.add(msg) cat.sync()
Most of these few lines are self-explanatory, except the last one: modifications to catalogs in Pology are never automatically written to disk, instead the sync() method must be called to initiate writes. Catalog is not gone after this, but you can continue to use it normally, including further syncings. In this example, after syncing the file hello.pot will be created in current working directory.
Practically, however, it is usually Gettext tools that will be used to create templates and catalogs, while a much more common use of Pology is to iterate over existing catalogs. The following code will open a catalog with various greetings, look for all messages that contain "hello" in the original text but do not contain "zdravo" in the translation, and report their content to standard output:
<syntaxhighlight lang="python"> from pology.catalog import Catalog from pology.msgreport import report_msg_content
cat = Catalog("greets.po") for msg in cat:
if "hello" in msg.msgid.lower(): matched = False for text in msg.msgstr: if "zdravo" in text.lower(): matched = True break if not matched: report_msg_content(msg, cat)
Note how msgstr is represented as a list regardless of whether the message is plural or not, the difference being only in the number of elements. This removes the special case of singular/plural translations, and makes programmer always think of plural messages (though plural of original text is accessed through msgid_plural instance variable). Function report_msg_content will output the message to standard output, nicely formatted and preceded with a line stating the originating catalog and message's referent line and entry number in it. But report_msg_content can do much more, e.g. highlight parts of the message in the shell, add notes and delimiters, and so on (its API documentation provides all the details). Since no changes were done to the catalog, it is perfectly fine, even appropriate, not to call sync() at the end.
Of course, the previous snippet is just an illustration of iterating through catalogs and examining messages, in practice superfluous next to the functionality already provided by find-messages sieve:
$ posieve find-messages -smsgid:'hello' -snmsgstr:'zdravo' greets.po
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Wherever you are, it's easy to reach this unique part of the Yorkshire Coast.
Travel by train from London King's Cross or Edinburgh in just over three hours.
By Road
From the North take the A1/A19 to the A171 or A170.
From the South take the M1/M18 or the A1 to the A64.
From the West take the M62 to Hull, then the A63/A165 coastal route or the M62 towards Hull and the A614 at Howden for the country route.
By Rail
Access via major inter-city routes, London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham changing at York, with a regular train service to Manchester Airport.
By Air
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Police: No one else involved in Ohio boys' shooting deaths
Boys found shot to death in grandparents' home
Two boys found fatally shot in a southern Ohio home were half brothers who lived together, and investigators don't believe anyone else was involved in the deaths, authorities said Thursday.
Jackson City Police identified the boys as a 12-year-old Austin Wiseman and 9-year-old Blake Campbell. Police said they lived at their grandparents' home, where the shootings occurred Wednesday in an upstairs bedroom.
Authorities have said that the grandparents were away at the time of the deaths, and that a .44-caliber handgun was recovered.
The boys' bodies were taken to Franklin County, some 65 miles north in Columbus, for autopsies, and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was examining evidence collected from the home as authorities tried to determine what happened.
A man at the home who identified himself as an uncle said he no comment Thursday afternoon. The two-story house is set back slightly from the road in an older neighborhood with a mix of residential houses and businesses.
Jackson County coroner Dr. Gregory P. Hawker told The Associated Press on Thursday that he couldn't comment on what might have led to the shootings, but authorities say no one else was at home at the time.
There was no suspicion that anyone else was involved, but any shooting must be treated as a potential homicide until investigation rules that out, Hawker said. He said full investigation results might not be known for six weeks or more.
The boys were found Wednesday morning.
Hawker said the grandparents had left the home to take care of some personal business but had talked to the boys by phone at about 10 a.m. It's believed the shootings happened at about 11 a.m.
Authorities didn't release the grandparents' names immediately.
Jackson is a city of about 7,000 people in mostly rural Appalachian Ohio.
"Our community is deeply saddened by this tragedy and our sympathies go out to all those who have been affected," Police Chief Carl Eisnaugle said in a statement.


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Boston Bridge
Rockport, Massachussetts
Photo taken in the little fishing town of Rockport in Massachusetts. Very charming town with great seafood, shops, and pretty views.
Boston Library
View from the courtyard of the Boston Public Library.
Vernon Falls in Yosemite
Captured while climbing up to Vernon Falls in the beautiful Yosemite National Park.
Modica Way in Cambridge
Very colorful graffiti alley named "Modica Way" in Cambridge near Harvard University.
Glass ball at Horseshoe Bend
Taken at Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona using my favorite glass ball
Upside down pier
Boston Skyline
View from across the river
Stargazing over the Colorado River
Long exposure taken while on a family trip at the Colorado River
Sunflower Field
Sunflowers at Colby Farms in Newbury, Massachusetts.
Sailboats at Martha's Vineyard
Sunset on Martha's Vineyard featuring some very nice sail boats.
Yosemite National Park
Overlooking the beautiful Yosemite National Park
Sunset in Newport Beach
Taken at the Wedge on a crowded evening in Newport Beach, California
Santa Monica Pier
Sunny in Santa Monica.
Elowah Falls
Fun hike in Oregon.
Death Valley Dunes
Ending the day In the dunes.
Horseshoe bend
Dont look down :)
Stormy Grand Canyon
Cool cloud formations at the Grand Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Taking it all in at Bryce Canyon
Tahoe Trails
Snowy night in Lake Tahoe.
Ice Ice Baby
Icicles off of our cabin in Tahoe
Emerald Bay
One of the best spots in Lake Tahoe.
New York City
The city from top of the rock.
Flatiron Building
Iconic Flatiron building at night
Manhattan bridge view
View of the city from the Manhattan bridge
Eiffel Tower
twinkle time at the Eiffel Tower
Wetlands in bloom
Bolsa Chica Wetlands in full bloom.


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WSU Falls at No. 1 Arizona in Pac-12 Opener
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Kaleb Tarczewski scored 11 points and No. 1 Arizona opened its Pac-12 season with a 60-25 rout of Washington State on Thursday night, shattering the McKale Center record for fewest points by a team.
The 25 points were the fewest for Washington State since the Cougars had that many at Idaho on Jan. 15, 1938.
The previous McKale record for fewest points was 37 by Northern Arizona in 1989.
The Wildcats (14-0, 1-0) took a 21-2 lead and were up 28-7 at halftime.
The Cougars (7-6, 0-1) shot 9 for 45 from the field and they needed to make a series of shots late to reach that.
Washington State was without leading scorer DaVonte Lacy, who underwent an emergency appendectomy on Saturday. Junior Longrus led the Cougars with six points.
Tarczewski, back after missing two games with a sprained ankle, was the only Arizona player to score in double figures.
Washington State's nine field goals were also a McKale record, breaking the previous mark of 13, also set by Northern Arizona in that 1989 game. So was the Cougars' 20 percent shooting, breaking the mark of 20.3 percent set by NAU that night 24 years ago.
The Cougars missed their first 17 shots before Royce Woolridge made a layup with 6:42 left in the half. Arizona led 21-2 on Johnson's 3-pointer with 8:18 to go until the break.
Washington State made it 21-7 before the Wildcats scored the final seven points of the half to lead 28-7.
The Cougars were 2 of 20 from the field in the first half, breaking the McKale record of four field goals set twice, most recently by Arizona State in 1991. It was also a record for fewest points by a team in a half and fewest combined points in a half. The old record was 37 against Oregon in 1985.
The 9.5 percent shooting percentage was also an arena record for a half.
Washington State officials were unsure what the team records for fewest points or field goals in a half were but said Thursday's totals were the lowest since at least 2001. Arizona officials didn't know if the Washington State marks were an opponent low for any Wildcats' game, including those before McKale was built.
Lacy, who is averaging 18.9 points per game, will also miss Sunday's game at Arizona State.


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HySTAT™60 – OUTDOOR
24 to 60Nm3/h
A HySTAT™60 outdoor unit is installed in a 40ft housing, greatly simplifying implementation at customer's site. It is a turnkey solution including a hydrogen generating unit with one of our proprietary IMET® cell stack, a control panel with HMI and two power racks with controlled AC/DC conversion and all the needed peripherals (according to customer's requirements) to produce hydrogen in a safe and reliable way. The maximum working pressure can be selected to be 10 barg and the gas purity can be up to 99.999%.
With safety and reliability as key priority, every HySTAT™ features:
- PROFIsafe protocol ensuring a safe shut down in case of control failure (PLC)
- Fail safe logic for all parameters and inherent safe design (passive safety)
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) ensuring a safe shutdown in case of power failure
- Constant monitoring of gas purity (HTO)
- Minimal gas presence in the system (only few Nm3 at full production)
- Multiple redundancy on critical safety parameters.
The HySTAT™ H2 production is continuously monitored and rapidly adjusted to meet any actual user requirements. Every system is offered together with startup and commissioning at your site and with a training to provide your operator with the required knowledge to run the system. The HySTAT™ can be equipped with a variety of options.
|HySTAT™ 60 Outdoor
|Delivery Pressure
|10Barg (145PSI)
|Alkaline Water Electrolyser
|H2 Production
|24 to 60Nm3/h (52 to 130kg/24hr)(6 to 60Nm3/h as an option)
912 to 2'280 SCF/hr
429 to 1'074 SLPM
|H2 Purity
|Without HPS: 99,9% (H2O saturated, Atm Dew point -20°C), O2 < 1,000 ppm
With HPS: 99,998% (99,999% as option); O2 < 2ppm; N2 < 12ppm
Atm. Dew point: -60°C; -76°F (-75°C; -103°F as option)
|O2 Production
|Vented (O2 use as an option)
|Installation area:
Process Part:
|Outdoor, safe zone
|Relative Humidity
|<500 meters
|Approx. Weight
|15.5 Tons
|Dimensions (LxWxH)
|12.190m x 2.437m x 2.895m (+1.605m with dry cooler)
|Electrical requirements
|Power Consumption (all in)
|5.2 kWh/Nm3 (full flow with all utilities (after HPS))
|Installed power
|1 x 515 KVA
|3 x 400 VAC ± 3% (3 x 480 or 575 VAC ± 3% as option)
|50 Hz ± 3% (60 Hz ± 3% as option)
|Utilities Required
|H2O + 30 % wt. KOH (+/- 900L)
|Tap water to RO system
|1.5 – 2 liters/Nm3 H2 (2 to 4 barg), depending on tap water quality
If no RO system, Demin water: < 1 liter/Nm3 H2 (2 to 4 barg)
|Cooling water (electrolyte)
|Supplied by dry cooler
If not selected: Max t°: 40°C, Flow: 7m3/h (2 to 4 barg)
|Cooling water (gas cooling)
|Supplied by chiller
If not selected: Max t°: 15°C, Flow: 0.5m3/h (2 to 4 barg)
|Nitrogen for purge
|Approx. 3Nm3 per purge at 4 to 10barg
|Instrument Air
|±80 l/min (no continuous consumption)
Hydrogen Purification System (HPS):
The Hydrogen Purification System (HPS) is designed to further purify the hydrogen to a minimum level of 99,998%. Impurities left in H2 will be: <10 ppm O2, <1 ppm H2O, <12 ppm N2, <50 ppb Cx Hx. Thanks to our technology, carbon contaminants are almost non-existent in our process.
Extra purity upgrade to 99.999%:
For special applications like electronics, Hydrogenics can supply additional purification equipment to reach grade 5 hydrogen purity by reducing the O2 and N2 content to 2ppm. Thanks to our technology, carbon contaminants are almost non-existent in our process.
Reverse Osmosis System (ROS):
If you don't have demineralised water available onsite, we can supply you a reverse osmosis system. The feed water treatment system (wall-mounted) will convert tap water into pure demineralised water needed for the electrolysis process.
Online Purity Measurement with blow off logic:
The H2 produced is continuously monitored in real-time on both water content ('dew point') and the oxygen content. This option can only be selected in combination with the HPS. The blow off logic will automatically vent the H2 to atmosphere in case its quality is out of spec.
Cooling system:
In order to cool down the system, a chiller and a dry cooler can be supplied if the required cooling capacity is not available onsite. The chiller will send water through gas heat exchangers, significantly improving the gas purification efficiency. The dry cooler will cool down the electrolyte to maintain the appropriate temperature of the system.
Oxygen use:
As standard the O2 is vented to the atmosphere. Hydrogenics can implement an optional system to clean the O2 and make it available for further use/purification by the customer.
Compression system:
If your process needs higher pressure than the one delivered by the electrolyser, we can offer you complete packages including a compressor. The complete system will then be integrated together, providing simple installation onsite. Depending on the gas requirements we can provide membrane or piston compressors.
In order to provide additional security, you may require some hydrogen storage onsite. Hydrogenics has acquired expertise in providing full packages including storage at medium or high pressure according to the requirements.
Low temperature option:
Additional isolation and equipment will be provided to ensure the lowest allowable ambient temperature inside the container for -40°C instead of -20°C (standard) outside temperature.
High temperature option:
Additional equipment will be provided to ensure the maximum allowable ambient temperature inside the container for 50°C instead of 40°C (standard) outside temperature.
Hydrogenics can offer you many other options to get to the best suited solution meeting your needs.


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I love couscous! That may be a silly thing to say, but it's just so yummy, I can't help it. ;) I have recently discovered Israeli/Pearl couscous, and it has quickly become my favorite. While it is super delish eaten hot with meat and veggies, I love to turn it into a cold salad, because it's soooo yummy and healthy!
Alright so here is my "recipe" for a quick and delicious Couscous salad:
~ 1 box of Israeli couscous, cooked, and cooled down
~ 2-3 grilled chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces, cooled
~ fresh crisp veggies, diced (I love cucumbers, red or yellow peppers, and white or red onion)
~ your favorite creamy salad dressing (Trader Joe's Greek Feta Dressing is the shiz, and will pretty much season the salad perfectly. Ranch dressing works well too, but I found I needed to add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and white vinegar for the flavor to really pop.)
~ crumbly cheese, like feta, blue, or parmesan (optional)
- Combine the couscous, chicken, and veggies in a large bowl and mix together.
- Add the dressing a little bit at a time, stirring everything together, until it's as moist as you would like it to be.
- Taste test - add any salt, pepper, garlic, etc. if needed.
- Add/top with cheese, if using.
- Refrigerate for at least an hour, so the flavors can really soak in. I'm not quite that patient, but I definitely notice better flavors when I have the left-overs the next day.
Bon Appetit!


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Foster Care Program
Our sanctuary, with over 100 animals, is no place for "special needs" pets, such as pregnant moms-to-be, moms with un-weaned litters, or animals confiscated as a result of abuse. Foster homes provide that special care.The Foster Care Program has saved the lives of hundreds of animals who had little hope of adoption.While we do the best we can with the dedicated staff and volunteers we have, the environment at the sanctuary cannot match a home with its individualized attention for socializing and caring for an animal with special needs. We thank you for your interest in participating in this important program and in helping to make a difference for the unwanted animals of Calhoun County!
What is a foster home?
A foster home is a safe and loving environment where an animal with special needs can live on a temporary basis until they become more adoptable. Animals who are older, injured, or nursing and sometimes those who have been at the HSSCM for a lengthy period of time may need this kind of special care. Also, animals who have been victims of cruelty may need a temporary safe haven while the cruelty investigation is being conducted.
What does the foster care program and foster homes do for the animals?
- Foster care animals are often more adoptable because attention in a loving environment helps to socialize them.
- Foster care animals are often more adoptable because attention in a loving environment helps to socialize them.
- The foster care program helps alleviate overcrowding at the sanctuary, thus allowing us to protect more animals.
- Foster care animals may be more adoptable because their improved health and happiness is always reflected in their appearance.
- The foster caregiver can often provide better information to a prospective adopter, e.g., Is the pet housebroken?, Does (s)he like children? Other animals?, What are his/her fears?, etc. What are the steps to follow to become a Foster caregiver?
- The prospective foster parent calls, faxes, or comes to the HSSCM sanctuary to express interest and get any questions answered.
- An application is completed by the prospective foster parent. An application may be mailed to the home upon request or completed in person at the sanctuary.
- HSSCM visits the foster care home to determine its appropriateness.
- The application and interview are reviewed and verified by an HSSCM director and the application is approved, if appropriate.
- The foster parent signs the foster care agreement at the HSSCM sanctuary.
- Foster pet(s) is (are) placed at the home as needed. All necessary information about the pet as well as all HSSCM phone number contacts.
- HSSCM monitors the progress of the foster situation and keeps the foster parent informed of any scheduled pet adoption events or need for the animal(s) to be brought to the sanctuary.
What are the responsibilities of the foster care participant?
- The foster "parent" agrees to shelter and feed the animal in his/her home and to provide a safe and loving environment.
- If medical problems arise, the foster parent agrees to clear all veterinary visits with HSSCM before making them, to take the animal to a veterinarian specified by HSSCM (HSSCM has a list of veterinarians who agree to discount their charges for HSSCM animals.), and to administer medications and follow-up care as prescribed by the vet. HSSCM is financially responsible for veterinary care and any prescribed medications.
- If the fostered pet is considered adoptable, the foster parent makes every effort to transport the animal to and from any pet adoption events scheduled during the period of foster care. Foster parents are welcome, but not required, to stay at the event to talk with prospective adopters about the pet.
- Foster care parents are asked to provide any information they can about the pet for the animal's file to facilitate the dissemination of accurate information to prospective adopters.
- If there is a need to return the foster pet to the sanctuary before the termination date of the foster care agreement, the foster parent is urged to notify HSSCM at least 48 hours in advance so that other arrangements may be made for the animal's care.
- The foster parent takes responsibility for returning the pet to the sanctuary at the termination of the foster care agreement. In some cases, the animal may have to be brought to the sanctuary periodically during the term of fostering for checkups or for the administration of other special care.
- The foster parent understands that the animals are the sole property of HSSCM and therefore agrees not to sell, trade, or give the animal away. It is understood that any adoption of the fostered animal must take place only through HSSCM.
- Because foster care homes must be approved before an animal is placed, the foster parent agrees not to place the animal in any other home except in EXTREME emergency situations such as fire.


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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WRAL/CNN) - A North Carolina man is in jail, accused of cutting off his girlfriend's arm with a machete.
Ryan Alexander Tyndall, 27, is charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflecting serious injury.
Tyndall's girlfriend, Melissa Norris, 54, told police that he cut off her arm early Tuesday morning.
Norris was airlifted to Duke Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery to reattach the limb.
Tyndall is being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center.
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Google's Chromebook Pixel is a handsome laptop, with an attractive metal case, a beautiful high-resolution display, and solid keys. It exhibits none of the cheap PC feel all too common in laptops, yet is also clearly not a MacBook clone despite its strong quality build. Its Chrome OS now permits some local storage, and it runs some apps that can continue to function when you're not connected to Wi-Fi.
Oh yeah -- Wi-Fi. A Chromebook may look like a PC laptop, but it's really a Chrome browser appliance. The Web is its operating system, and it needs a live Internet connection to run most functions. That's the weakness of the Chromebook Pixel -- well, and the fact it's essentially 1990s technology being sold in 2013.
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Web apps are inferior apps
Let me start with the notion of the Web as operating system. There's no question that the Web, the Internet, the cloud -- call it what you prefer -- is a godsend for computing. I use Dropbox and iCloud continually to access the same files and information across my various computers, tablets, and smartphones. As a technology writer, I use more devices than most, but even regular people these days have multiple devices and get huge benefits from a common repository accessible almost anywhere. Of course, tons of useful websites and Internet services out there all live in the cloud.
You might start thinking that all you need is the cloud. Google has certainly improved its Web apps over the last couple of years. Google Drive -- the company's combination of cloud storage service and basic office productivity tools -- finally allows offline usage, such as when you can't get a Wi-Fi signal or can't afford to pay for hotspot access at each leg of your journey while traveling. Also, the Chromebook Pixel comes with 32GB of flash storage to store files and images locally, for access when offline.
Chrome OS in the Chromebook Pixel is a big improvement over the first incarnation, but it doesn't compare with the rich apps you get on a Windows PC, Mac, iPad, or even Android tablet. If you want full-featured office productivity, you need a Mac or PC. If you're willing to forgo the use of style sheets but still want strong layout capabilities, you can get by with iWork Pages in iOS. If layout is less critical, then you can use Quickoffice in iOS or Android. It's a similar cascade for spreadsheets and slideshows. In Chrome OS, Drive's apps aren't bad, but they're less capable than Quickoffice, lacking core features such as revisions tracking and user-defined styles. Drive is even less capable on a tablet's browser, with fewer capabilities on an iPad than, say, Microsoft Office 365 for Web. No wonder Google has reworked Quickoffice on Android to work with Drive, to combine native and Web capabilities.
It's not just office productivity suites. Basic image editing in Chrome OS is possible via Picasa's Creative Kit, but it's awkward to use and can't do anything creative. For that, you need the likes of Snapseed, iPhoto, or PhotoForge in iOS; Snapseed in Android; or Photoshop in OS X or Windows.
And don't forget email. I have multiple email accounts: one for work, one for my side projects, one for junkmail, one for e-commerce and banking, and one each forced on me by a platform provider (Google's Gmail and Apple's iCloud). On a computer or mobile device, I can use one mail client to manage them all. In Chrome OS, I need to use the Webmail client for each service; the Gmail Web app only accesses Google email. Hopping around all those browser tabs and different-interface Webmail clients is a huge pain.


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Franz Ferdinand | 04/03/14
Franz Ferdinand release a new single, Fresh Strawberries, on Monday April 7th 2014.
Taken from their much acclaimed fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, the single, featuring Roxanne Clifford of Veronica Falls on guest vocals, was produced by Prince House Rabbit and features Erdbeer Mund, a new German language track which was unveiled online last week and now has an accompanying video which can be watched here:
Shot in deepest Bavaria, the video was directed by band member, Nick McCarthy's sister, Anna McCarthy.
The end of last year saw them play shows in Japan and Australia and they return to the U.K. in March before heading to the U.S., Canada & Mexico for an extensive tour.
Support on the U.K. tour will be Eagulls, except London where Mazes play on the 14th and The Bohicas on the 15th.
The list of dates is as follows:
14th London Roundhouse
15th London Roundhouse
17th Brighton Dome
18th Bristol O2 Academy
19th Southampton Guildhall
21st Birmingham O2 Academy
22nd Manchester Academy
23rd Dublin Olympia
25th Glasgow Barrowlands
26th Leeds O2 Academy
27th Newcastle O2 Academy
Tickets for the shows are priced at £22.50 (except London where they are £25) and are available via www.ticketweb.co.uk. www.seetickets.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Watch highlights from the band's performance at the inaugural 6Music Festival at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester last weekend HERE.
Additionally, they play a special 30-minute semi -acoustic in-store at Sunderland's Pop Recs Ltd record shop on Thursday March 27th. Tickets for the show are priced at £5 (£2.50 for those providing proof of benefit) and are limited to one per person. Pop Recs Ltd is owned by Frankie & the Heartstrings and was opened in 2013.
Franz Ferdinand are still Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson. There's still no one like them.


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Now that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has been overturned by the Unites States Supreme Court and new regulations are being drafted to implement the ruling, it may be time to align your marketing strategy to support same-sex couples' financial issues. Whether same-sex couples are new to your practice, or your clientele already includes many same-sex families, be prepared to guide them through the many changes coming on both the federal and state level.
In this, the third in a series of posts (see part 1: What Repeal of DOMA Could Mean for Clients and Your Practice, and part 2, Prepping Your Practice to Meet the Needs of Same-Sex Couples), on how advisors can respond to meeting the needs of same-sex couples who are members of the new modern American family, we focus on marketing and meeting those couples' unique needs.
How do you successfully market to and build a same sex client base? As you will see, same-sex couples have unique needs. Incorporate a few of the following tactics into your marketing strategy for a positive outcome.
- Take the time to learn about same-sex couples' needs—get the training to earn a relevant designation.
- Become more involved in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community—sponsor booths or offer seminars during events.
- Invite same-sex couples to all your marketing events—not just same-sex centered events. By doing this, you may educate couples not yet open about their relationship to new topics.
Same-sex couples may need a higher level of support from you as a financial professional; they often have more income and different financial needs compared to their opposite sex counterparts. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 40% of same-sex couples had more than $100,000 in household income, compared to 17% of opposite sex couples. On average, same-sex couples make almost $42,200 more per year than opposite sex couples. Beyond having more money, they may also leave different legacies because these couples are 24% less likely to have children in the home than opposite sex couples (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey 1-year data file).
Three Key Issues
Now that you know why these clients are unique, let's discuss some of the financial issues that may occur in light of the June 2013 Supreme Court ruling. Consider three key issues: income taxes, retirement preparation, and estate planning. The actual financial strategy you develop depends on how your client's state regulates same sex marriage.
Issue 1: Income Taxes
Be aware of the income tax filing status requirements of the married same-sex couple along with the possibility of claiming other(s) as a dependent, such as a partner or child(ren). As of August 29, 2013, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, same-sex spouses can now file federal taxes jointly regardless of their residential state. If they are domestic partners, they may want to talk to their tax advisor about managing income tax liabilities through gifting.
Determine what employer-sponsored retirement benefit options are available. In some cases, employers do not give benefits to same-sex spouses or partners. Review the beneficiary designations on assets and life insurance contracts to understand same-sex spousal options. Also, be aware of Social Security retirement benefits now that same-sex spouses may be eligible to claim them.
Issue 3: Estate Planning
For a same-sex couple's financial future, discuss their wealth and property transfer strategies upon death. Also encourage them to review their cohabitation and domestic partner agreements with an attorney in the event of a separation, especially in states that prohibit same sex marriage. They can also work with an attorney to create a will, health care directive and other important legal documents, if they haven't done so already.
If your practice is in a state that doesn't recognize same-sex marriage, use the tips included below in the financial checklist for domestic partners (click on the image below to download the checklist).
This document also offers discussion items to give the best results for the customer. Team up with a local attorney who understands the intricacies of same sex laws along with a well-versed tax preparer. With the right preparation and marketing strategy, you can create a lasting same-sex client base and make a difference in their financial legacy.
– Want to learn more about how you can use social media to grow your business? We invite you to a free ThinkAdvisor webcast on Oct. 1 featuring social media experts Amy McIlwain, Clara Shih and Hardeep Walia.


text: Service Experts Launches HVAC Rental Program in 15 Canadian Markets Published on October 01, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Karla Neely 501 Elm St. #500 Dallas, TX 75202 Phone: (214) 269-2196 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com ____________________________________________________________________________________________ SERVICE EXPERTS LAUNCHES HVAC RENTAL PROGRAM IN 15 CANADIAN MARKETS ____________________________________________________________________________________ TORONTO – Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning, one of North America's largest HVAC service companies, has introduced a new program to allow homeowners to rent new, premium, brand-name heating and cooling equipment at each of its 15 Canadian locations. Additionally, water heater rentals will roll out to all 15 locations. "Water heater rentals are widespread in Ontario, but not in the other provinces – and renting a furnace or air conditioner is a newer concept throughout the country," said Tim Inch, Vice President/General Manager National Operations for Canada. "However, it is a market that we believe will experience increasing demand as we make this service available in all the communities we serve." "In some cases, renting your heating or cooling system may cost less than your monthly phone bill," said Inch. Low monthly costs will vary depending on the retail value of the system. There are usually no costs for installation, and no down payment is required for qualifying customers. Additionally, the company will provide expert tune-ups at no cost as required to maintain the equipment, and experienced technicians will make all needed repairs, with no cost for covered parts or labor. Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning locations offer a full range of heating and cooling equipment, including: gas furnaces, garage heaters, air handlers, boilers, air conditioners, heat pumps and mini split systems, as well as tankless and tank water heaters. The centers carry equipment from industry leading brand names. Service Experts centers include: Alberta: A1 Chesney Service Experts, Calgary; McKinley Service Experts, Edmonton; Robs Albertan Service Experts, EdmontonManitoba: Winnipeg Supply Service Experts, WinnipegOntario: Abbey Air Service Experts, Oakville; Boehmers/Cronin Emery Service Experts, Cambridge; Bryant Service Experts, Windsor; D&K Service Experts, Belleville; Francis Home Environment Service Experts, Nepean; Limcan Walker/Certified Service Experts, Whitby; Mersey Service Experts, Scarborough; Peel Service Experts, Brampton; Roy Inch & Sons Service Experts, London; Service Experts, St. Catharines; Service Experts, Kingston ABOUT SERVICE EXPERTS HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Founded in 1996, Service Experts is a leading provider of HVAC repair, maintenance, new equipment sales and related services to residential and commercial customers in 29 states in the U.S. and three provinces in Canada. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Service Experts is one of North America's largest heating and air conditioning service companies, with 90 locations serving approximately 2,000 homes and businesses, on average, each working day. HVAC services include: residential HVAC service and replacement; ancillary residential home services, including plumbing, indoor air quality and energy audits; commercial HVAC service, maintenance and replacement for both light commercial customers and large-scale national retail accounts. For more information on Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning sales, rebates and products and services, visit ServiceExperts.ca.


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July 26, 2018Conflict Prevention
Teaching Notes for Preventive Engagement, written by CFR Senior Fellow Paul Stares, in which he provides a comprehensive blueprint for how the United States can manage a more turbulent world.
May 7, 2018Political History and Theory
Teaching Notes for The Marshall Plan, written by CFR Senior Fellow Benn Steil
March 8, 2018India
Teaching Notes for Our Time Has Come, written by CFR Senior Fellow Alyssa Ayres on how India is taking its place as a leading power.
January 2, 2018U.S. Foreign Policy
Teaching Notes for The Sovereignty Wars written by CFR Senior Fellow and Director Stewart M. Patrick.
November 1, 2017United States
Teaching Notes for the VICE Special Report from HBO based on the book A World in Disarray written by CFR President Richard Haass.
April 27, 2017United States
Teaching Notes for A World in Disarray written by CFR President Richard N. Haass.
April 1, 2016Global
Teaching Notes for State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World by CFR Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Joshua Kurlantzick.
November 1, 2015Global
Teaching Notes for Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy by CFR Senior Fellow Micah Zenko.
April 17, 2014Americas
Teaching Notes for Foreign Policy Begins at Home by CFR President Richard Haass.
July 9, 2018Middle East and North Africa
Teaching Notes for Realism and Democracy, written by CFR Senior Fellow Elliott Abrams, on U.S. foreign policy that combines practical policies and idealism in supporting those struggling for democracy and human rights in the Arab world.


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Omega's Speedmaster Professional has the honor of carrying the most unique award a watch has ever received: NASA's Silver Snoopy award. Two different models of this timepiece pay homage to the rescue of the Apollo 13 mission.
The Moonwatch needed only 14 seconds to make its mark on history. That's how long it took astronauts to right the course of their damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft back toward Earth in the spring of 1970. The astronauts timed the vital 14 seconds using a Speedmaster Professional, NASA's official watch. The lives of the three men on board depended on the watch working perfectly. Otherwise, they would have missed Earth by thousands of miles and been lost in space.
However, the mission came to a happy ending on April 17th, 1970. The crew made it back to Earth, landing safely in the Pacific Ocean. NASA thanked Omega for the Speedmaster Professional's outstanding performance by awarding it with the Silver Snoopy award, NASA's highest honor. It's usually awarded to NASA employees for outstanding achievements or contributions relating to flight safety or missions. The prize is a sterling silver lapel pin showing Snoopy as an astronaut. Snoopy is NASA's mascot, and Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz personally designed the prize.
Omega created two special edition models of the Speedmaster Professional to honor the dramatic events of April 1970.
|Model (ref.)
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|Speedmaster Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award (3126.96.36.199.04.003)
|1,970 pieces
|White dial with a sleeping Snoopy, recreation of the Snoopy Award on the case back
|Speedmaster Professional Snoopy Award (3578.51)
|5,441 pieces
|Black dial with Snoopy in a space suit, recreation of the Snoopy Award on the case back
The newer Snoopy model is the more striking of the two. Omega introduced it at Baselworld 2015, 45 years after the Apollo 13 mission. You immediately notice this watch's white dial, in contrast to the other Speedmaster Professionals, which have dark dials.
The white watch has a few extras, too, such as a sleeping Snoopy on the small seconds subdial. While not obvious during the daytime, the little beagle is luminous and glows in the dark. The 2015 Silver Snoopy Award saves the main attraction for its case back, however. A sterling silver medallion with Snoopy as an astronaut adorns the case back, a reproduction of the actual award. The medallion is set against a blue enamel background, making it look as if he's flying through space. Each watch is unique, as the silver powder used to make Snoopy is applied by hand. The total number of watches is limited to a run of 1,970, a reference to the year of the Apollo 13 mission.
What's more, prices for the white Omega Snoopy edition have been on the rise. When Omega introduced the new 2015 version of their special edition Silver Snoopy award watch, it cost 7,350 USD. Only one year later, the price for a new, never-worn watch had already risen to over 11,700 USD. Today, the same timepiece costs around 23,400 USD.
The manufacturer chose white as the dominant color for this watch in order to replicate the Peanuts look, as the comics often appear in black and white. The first 14 seconds on the dial each have a frame resembling a comic strip panel with the inscription "What could you do in 14 seconds?" beneath them, a reference to those critical seconds on board Apollo 13. A quote from former NASA flight director Gene Kranz is above the axis of the hands: "Failure is not an option."
Omega had already released a timepiece bearing the image of the beloved canine 12 years before the 2015 special edition Silver Snoopy Award. The 2003 Snoopy more closely resembles the standard Moonwatch due to its black dial. On the front, Snoopy is wearing a spacesuit and has taken up residence on the small seconds dial. The Snoopy Award motif is composed of two shades of blue, as well as red and white. The case back features the same imagery but in a larger format. Its colorful design makes this 2003 Speedmaster "Snoopy" a visual treat. This timepiece is coveted by collectors; plan on spending about 12,900 USD on a well-maintained example. This version had a limited run of 5,441 pieces.
The Snoopy variants share many significant details with the normal Omega Speedmaster Professional. The stainless steel cases of the watches are all 42 mm, and the manual caliber 1861, with a 48-hour power reserve, keeps the watches ticking. The movement has remained almost unchanged since the late 1960s and is based on a caliber from Lemania. The Speedmaster Professional is not only known for its use on the Apollo 13 mission, but also for accompanying the first astronauts to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Beforehand, NASA had tested many mechanical watches from different brands. The Speedmaster performed the best, withstanding extreme temperatures, vibrations, increases in velocity, and other strenuous conditions.
The original Moonwatch used Hesalite (plexiglass) since it doesn't splinter. On the other hand, the Snoopy models use scratch-resistant sapphire glass.Originally, Omega designed the Speedmaster to determine speeds during car races. In this way, it's comparable to the Rolex Daytona. These watches are two of the most renowned chronographs in the world.